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- licentiates
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noun,
a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- certainties
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noun,
the state of being certain.
- incinerates
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- centiliters
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noun,
one 100th of a liter, equivalent to 0.6102 cubic inch, or 0.338 U.S. fluid ounce. Abbreviation: cl.
- centennials
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noun,
a 100th anniversary or its celebration; centenary.
- transilient
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adjective,
leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- entertains
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- interlaces
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- interlines
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adjective,
involving or indicating a transfer of passengers or freight from one carrier to another during travel or shipment:
- Trasentine
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noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- interstice
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noun,
an intervening space.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- intestinal
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adjective,
occurring in or affecting the intestines.
- anticlines
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noun,
an anticlinal rock structure.
- incinerate
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- tenacities
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noun,
the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence:
- tenantries
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noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- sentential
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
- insentient
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adjective,
not sentient; without sensation or feeling; inanimate.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- centennial
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noun,
a 100th anniversary or its celebration; centenary.
- centiliter
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noun,
one 100th of a liter, equivalent to 0.6102 cubic inch, or 0.338 U.S. fluid ounce. Abbreviation: cl.
- licentiate
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noun,
a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- literacies
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- creatinine
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noun,
a crystalline end product of creatine metabolism, C 4 H 7 N 3 O, occurring in urine, muscle, and blood.
- itinerants
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noun,
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- triennials
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noun,
a third anniversary.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- internat.
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- catteries
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- lannerets
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- internist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.
- trainline
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noun,
a pipe or hose distributing compressed air through a train for operation of the brakes.
- nitratine
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noun,
soda niter.
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- triennial
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noun,
a third anniversary.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- resilient
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adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- internals
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- tentacles
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noun,
Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- cartelist
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noun,
a member of a cartel or an advocate of cartelization.
- laterites
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- anticline
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noun,
an anticlinal rock structure.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- annectent
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adjective,
connecting or linking, as a group of animals transitional between two other species, families, classes, etc.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- intestine
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noun,
Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- interline
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adjective,
involving or indicating a transfer of passengers or freight from one carrier to another during travel or shipment:
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- intricate
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adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- literates
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- triticale
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noun,
a hybrid produced by crossing wheat, Triticum aestivum, and rye, Secale cereale.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- itinerant
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noun,
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- raclettes
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noun,
a dish made by heating a piece of cheese, as over a hearth, and scraping off the melted part onto a plate: served with boiled potatoes.
- tenancies
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noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- insectile
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adjective,
pertaining to or like an insect.
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- nineties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- raclette
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noun,
a dish made by heating a piece of cheese, as over a hearth, and scraping off the melted part onto a plate: served with boiled potatoes.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- tinnient
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adjective,
having a ringing or clinking sound.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- tentacle
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noun,
Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- sentient
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noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- Sentinel
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noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- salience
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noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- centiles
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- testicle
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noun,
testis.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- inclines
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- Tientsin
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noun,
Older Spelling. Tianjin.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- clatters
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noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- Latinist
-
noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- lecterns
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noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Sinclair
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noun,
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- Leninist
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noun,
an advocate or supporter of Lenin or Leninism.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- cleanser
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noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- silencer
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noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- antirent
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- renitent
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adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- entitles
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- entrants
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- anilines
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noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- internet
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noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- telecast
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noun,
a television broadcast.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- retinite
-
noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- reclines
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- tractile
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adjective,
capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- air-line
-
adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- instinct
-
noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- sclerite
-
noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- scrannel
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adjective,
thin or slight.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Taliesin
-
noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- intrans.
-
- triennia
-
noun,
a period of three years.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- Telstar
-
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- in-line
-
adjective,
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- intens.
-
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- tannins
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- incline
-
noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- letters
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- clatter
-
noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- ensnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Tennant
-
noun,
Smithson, 1761–1815, English chemist: discoverer of osmium and iridium.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- elitist
-
noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- tactile
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- elicits
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- electr-
-
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- strati-
-
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- lattice
-
noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- crenels
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- iatrics
-
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- intitle
-
verb (used with object),
entitle.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entitle
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- ninnies
-
noun,
a fool or simpleton.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Nielsen
-
noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- transl.
-
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- nettles
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caitlin
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- aniline
-
noun,
Also called aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine. Chemistry. a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NH 2 , usually derived from nitrobenzene by reduction: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- Seattle
-
noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- rennins
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- centri-
-
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- ciliate
-
noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- nannies
-
noun,
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- silence
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- trestle
-
noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- intra-
-
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- scler-
-
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- instr.
-
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- recti-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- inter.
-
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inline
-
noun,
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rennin
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- Nansen
-
noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- Lettic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- selen-
-
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cleans
-
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cerat-
-
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- terat-
-
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- elect.
-
- trans.
-
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- actin-
-
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arsen-
-
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tinct.
-
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- escent
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Iletin
-
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tannin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- inst.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tears
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- astr.
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- seti-
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- tele-
-
- Tenn.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- 30-30
-
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Cant.
-
- Seric
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- acet-
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sanit
-
- nitr-
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sarc-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- aeri-
-
- incr.
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- ician
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- treas
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- alti-
-
- Icel.
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- incl.
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- init.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sect.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- rect.
-
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Arnel
-
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Recit
-
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- IATSE
-
- reni-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ante-
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- licet
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Srta.
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ster.
-
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Ital.
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- lact-
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- crit.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- istic
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tera-
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clase
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- intr.
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- cert.
-
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- natl.
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- nears
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- encl.
-
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Iran.
-
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- str.
-
- ter.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sci.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sra.
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- trit
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- scil
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tel-
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tRNA
-
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tri-
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Ste.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SLIC
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sec.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- 1080
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- scr.
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- ten.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tit.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- etc.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ile-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ect-
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ELAS
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- inae
-
- ctr.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lani
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lea.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Sat.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- cts.
-
- Cres
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ant.
-
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ANSI
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Alis
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- aer-
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cir.
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- crat
-
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- att.
-
- Can.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- attn
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Inc.
-
- NCTE
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIIA
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RNAS
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- NTIA
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lit.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- CSA
-
- CNN
-
- CSR
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CIE
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CNS
-
- CIA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- NSC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CRS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- CRT
-
- CLR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CEA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cle
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RCA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- TIA
-
- CLI
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- REA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ASI
-
- CAI
-
- AEC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- rt.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rte
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RTS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- SAE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- RSA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- sc.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- cl.
-
- TLC
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- CTA
-
- ase
-
- tlr
-
- RNA
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TNT
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ARS
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- CST
-
- NNE
-
- cte
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- LSC
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- TAL
-
- IRC
-
- LTA
-
- Ir.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ltr
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- ise
-
- il-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ILS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Sr.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLR
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Isl
-
- La.
-
- SLA
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Lt.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- STL
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- STI
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SLE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ics
-
- EEC
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ene
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ECA
-
- NES
-
- ec-
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Les
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- TTS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESR
-
- NEA
-
- ETR
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ETS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TCA
-
- ne-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NEC
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NL
-
- TT
-
- RC
-
- SN
-
- i.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ee
-
- le
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TC
-
- CE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- R.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- LR
-
- NC
-
- ln
-
- NI
-
- ic
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
-
- T1
-
- RN
-
- t.
-
- L.
-
- TL
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SL
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.